About Us

About M2 Safety Management

We want to assist organizations looking to invest in improving the lives of first responders and employee retention through leadership skills.  M2 Safety Management is the only uniquely certified partner in first-responder mental health services who deliver a unique combination of military, fire services, medic, business, and professional psychological training techniques that work to empower companies to help responders self-manage their mental health.  The behavioral focus weaves in preventative coping versus reactive coping in everyday lives.

  • Employee retention through leadership skills
  • Creation of program grounded in leadership from certified mental health experts and ex-military training/guidelines
  • Firefighter leadership and training
  • Disaster relief training

M2 stands for our two founders, one who is a veteran and current Fire Captain and the other is a Mental Health Behavioral Therapist with experience in leadership and business.








Our Training Programs

Leadership Series

Recovery Leadership

Vision and Strong Leadership is critical to any agency recovery.

The first step is admitting there is a problem with an agency’s leadership ability.  Once this step is taken, the rest becomes easier to handle.  We can help address all these issues.

Leadership Audits

As an organization grows, you grow with it. The leadership behaviors, the way you communicated and made decisions that got you to where you are will no longer apply to get you to where you want to be.  Let us help achieve great leadership.

Agency Crisis Management

Assisting and enabling companies to maintain a positive reputation in the face of a crisis.

  • Crises of skewed management
  • Crisis of deception.
  • Crisis of management

Disaster Preparedness

Disaster preparedness refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. That is, to predict and, where possible, prevent disasters, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations, and respond to and effectively cope with their consequences.

Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery (DR) is an area of security planning that aims to protect an organization from the effects of significant negative events. Having a disaster recovery strategy in place enables an organization to maintain or quickly resume mission-critical functions following a disruption

Behavioral Health Series

Behavioral Health Management

Overview of mental health concerns for first responders. Proactive approaches for self-care. Resources.

Applied Behavioral Management

Active listening, distress signs, building relationships, and mindfulness

Crisis Management

How to manage a crisis with team, follow-up after a crisis, and how to gain resources.

Re-Entry After Crisis

How to handle re-entry after a crisis for employee, team, and leader.

Who We Are

 

 

 

 Miguel Ongay

 

 

 

 

Melissa Burnell

Miguel is an instructor with over 30 years of experience in leadership training for the fire service and our nation’s Armed Forces. He is highly motivated by life’s experiences and brings a unique real life perspective into active leadership.  Miguel has held every position in the fire service and believes in leading by example. Putting people first and leading his co-workers by example are his passion.  He has traveled all over the world teaching leadership and bringing a unique insight into his classes.  His practical wisdom and understanding of how leaders lead; or most importantly, don’t lead, enables him to help improve the leadership abilities of his students and their organizations. 

Melissa is an instructor with over 15 years of experience working with business owners and leaders to grow their business and is passionate about inspiring mental wellness. With a background in business development and leadership in the financial field, she brings to instructing both practical wisdom and a deep understanding of human behavior in the workplace. Her passion is in improving the lives of individuals through overall mental health wellness and helping leaders with mental health wellness awareness and programs within their organizations. Melissa is a licensed mental health therapist and presents unique perspectives tailored to organization culture.

Melissa’s cultural competence in first responder and veteran mental health gives her a unique perspective on how to deliver quality training to be proactive in mental wellness.